iPhone ringtone hack still exists in iTunes 7.4.1

September 9, 2007

iPhone ringtone hack still exists in iTunes 7.4.1 The saga of the iPhone and ringtones seems to have no end. First they were hacked, then Apple fired back, and now the hackers are back.

As we reported yesterday, Apple was making a quick update to iTunes 7.4 due to people figuring out how to make their own ringtones. This in turn caused people to discover Apple may be launching movie rentals in the near future, but nothing was done about that, and it seemed the ringtone hole had been patched.

Apple thought wrong.

It is being reported by Engadget that a new trick has been found to get free ringtones yet again in iTunes 7.4.1. It takes one more step than the 7.4 hack, but still works.

First, follow the steps of the original method

Create your ringtone, save it as an AAC file.

Rename the m4a extension to m4r.

Double-click to play in iTunes.

Now, if you’re upgraded to 7.4.1

Go back and re-rename that m4r file back to m4a. That’s it.

Plug in your iPhone and that ringtone will be added to your syncable ringtones list — and it won’t pop up the error from before.

Play your ringtones constantly for the next 10 hours until 7.4.2 comes out.

For those of you who wonder if this is legal, according to Engadgets legal column, Know Your Rights, it is.